The band is marked "genuine leather" but not marked fossil. It's thick with an alligator pattern embossed on it and seems generally well made. It looks like a $30 fossil band with some minor differences. First, the band seems very long - over 10 1/2 inches. I have to use the smallest setting in order to make it fit. This means I have more than 2 1/2 inches of extra strap to wrap around my wrist. The excess strap is secured by two thin loops which look fragile compared to the rest of the band, rather than one thick loop. Fossil ships replacement spring pins with new bands: Batt Depot did not. I had to drive around to a couple of shops to find 24 mm spring pins since the original ones needed to be replaced. But saving $20 on the purchase of what seems to be a well-made and durable leather band makes it worth the extra effort.

Easily found the battery I was looking for and it was more than half the price of a similar battery at Batteries Plus. I can't tell you how it will perform in the long run, but it seems to hold a good charge. Service was fast; I received the battery is less than a week using the standard shipping.

The photos and information on the site was spot on. I had never heard of battdepot in my life, but I needed a wallet friendly substitute for my laptop. Couldn't bring myself to spend over a hundred dollars on a battery when my entire laptop was only two hundred.

Long story short, payment processed seamlessly, item was shipped almost immediately, and got here fast with no damage. The only reason I did not give it a full 5/5 was because the battery didn't fit properly.

Now don't get me wrong, it was the EXACT model for my laptop. They had the same size and serial code, the battery was correct, and I'm currently using it on my laptop, however, it's about a millimeter too big on each side, and I had to use sand paper (for about a half hour) to smooth out the edges and sides.

It now fits perfectly, charges in about an hour, and lasts for 6. Not sure what happened with the plastic case for the battery, probably a manufacturing issue, but all the same. Happy customer. Would refer.